Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 7 4
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 384 419 576
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.77% 12.13% 16.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.30% 39.20% 50.04%
Number of salaries quoted 258 290 531
10th Percentile £24,700 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% -1.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,750 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,189 1,069 1,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.16% 30.94% 32.44%
Number of salaries quoted 590 569 1,017
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,199 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.95% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,688 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 25 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -13 106 £55,000 +10.00% 108
Cambridgeshire +11 95 £50,000 +33.33% 83
Bedfordshire +7 61 £14,000 -72.00% 69
Essex -5 61 £32,500 -35.64% 93
Suffolk +18 33 £45,000 +36.36% 60
Norfolk -5 24 £60,000 +87.50% 73
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 - 12
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.56%) WordPress
4 5 (1.30%) Confluence
5 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 49 (12.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 124 (32.29%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (21.09%) AWS
3 75 (19.53%) Power Platform
4 63 (16.41%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.77%) Azure AI
6 21 (5.47%) Azure Logic Apps
7 19 (4.95%) PowerApps
8 18 (4.69%) GCP
8 18 (4.69%) GitHub
8 18 (4.69%) SaaS
9 16 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (3.91%) Snowflake
11 14 (3.65%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.60%) IaaS
12 10 (2.60%) PaaS
13 8 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.08%) OneDrive
14 7 (1.82%) Serverless
15 6 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 5 (1.30%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 74 (19.27%) Firewall
2 31 (8.07%) DHCP
3 29 (7.55%) TCP/IP
4 28 (7.29%) DNS
5 26 (6.77%) WAN
6 25 (6.51%) VPN
7 21 (5.47%) LAN
8 16 (4.17%) Internet
9 14 (3.65%) VLAN
10 11 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (2.86%) Wireless
11 10 (2.60%) WLAN
12 9 (2.34%) SAN
13 7 (1.82%) IP Telephony
14 6 (1.56%) Network Security
15 4 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (1.04%) DMZ
15 4 (1.04%) SD-WAN
16 3 (0.78%) VoIP
17 2 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (15.89%) Power BI
2 28 (7.29%) Tableau
3 24 (6.25%) SQL Server
4 13 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.60%) MySQL
6 7 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.56%) Redis
8 4 (1.04%) Big Data
8 4 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (1.04%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.04%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.04%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.78%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.78%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 18 (4.69%) Git
2 8 (2.08%) JIRA
3 6 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.52%) MSTest
4 2 (0.52%) NUnit
4 2 (0.52%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.52%) TestNG
5 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 131 (34.11%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.94%) Finance
3 19 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.17%) Law
5 15 (3.91%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.86%) Multimedia
6 11 (2.86%) Publishing
7 8 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.08%) Retail
8 7 (1.82%) Legal
9 5 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.04%) Automotive
10 4 (1.04%) Back Office
11 3 (0.78%) Marketing
11 3 (0.78%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.52%) Advertising
12 2 (0.52%) Electronics
12 2 (0.52%) Local Government
12 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 83 (21.61%) Analyst
2 61 (15.89%) IT Support
3 52 (13.54%) Junior
4 48 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
5 37 (9.64%) Architect
6 35 (9.11%) Developer
7 33 (8.59%) Senior
8 32 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 30 (7.81%) Support Analyst
10 28 (7.29%) IT Engineer
11 26 (6.77%) Support Engineer
12 25 (6.51%) 2nd Line Support
13 24 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 24 (6.25%) Data Analyst
13 24 (6.25%) Junior Data Analyst
13 24 (6.25%) Junior Security Analyst
13 24 (6.25%) Security Analyst
14 23 (5.99%) Azure Engineer
15 20 (5.21%) IT Support Engineer
15 20 (5.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.25%) .NET
2 21 (5.47%) CSS
3 13 (3.39%) HTML
4 11 (2.86%) React
5 10 (2.60%) REST
6 8 (2.08%) jQuery
7 7 (1.82%) ASP.NET
7 7 (1.82%) Vue
8 5 (1.30%) Web Services
9 4 (1.04%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.04%) NumPy
9 4 (1.04%) Pandas
9 4 (1.04%) PyTorch
9 4 (1.04%) scikit-learn
9 4 (1.04%) SignalR
9 4 (1.04%) SOAP
9 4 (1.04%) TensorFlow
10 3 (0.78%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.78%) Blazor
10 3 (0.78%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.86%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.08%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.08%) IoT
7 7 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.56%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.04%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.04%) Blog
9 4 (1.04%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.04%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.04%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 124 (32.29%) Windows
2 94 (24.48%) Windows Server
3 27 (7.03%) Windows 10
4 22 (5.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (3.65%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.39%) Linux
8 8 (2.08%) Android
9 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.04%) VMS
10 2 (0.52%) Unix
11 1 (0.26%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.26%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (16.93%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 59 (15.36%) Customer Service
5 58 (15.10%) Mentoring
6 51 (13.28%) Agile
6 51 (13.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (13.28%) ITIL
7 49 (12.76%) AI
8 40 (10.42%) Analytics
9 38 (9.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 38 (9.90%) Roadmaps
9 38 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 36 (9.38%) CI/CD
10 36 (9.38%) DevOps
11 26 (6.77%) Technology Roadmap
12 25 (6.51%) Software Engineering
13 24 (6.25%) Service Delivery
14 22 (5.73%) ERP
14 22 (5.73%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.36%) Python
2 57 (14.84%) SQL
3 45 (11.72%) PowerShell
4 35 (9.11%) C#
5 24 (6.25%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.65%) PHP
7 10 (2.60%) Java
7 10 (2.60%) R
8 8 (2.08%) C++
9 6 (1.56%) Bash
9 6 (1.56%) VBScript
10 3 (0.78%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.78%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.52%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.26%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (21.61%) Azure Certification
2 56 (14.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 39 (10.16%) Degree
4 28 (7.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 26 (6.77%) AWS Certification
6 25 (6.51%) Security Cleared
7 24 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
7 24 (6.25%) DBS Check
8 21 (5.47%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (4.17%) CCNA
10 16 (4.17%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (3.91%) SC Cleared
12 13 (3.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 9 (2.34%) A+ Certification
15 8 (2.08%) MCSA
16 7 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
17 6 (1.56%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.60%) GDPR
4 7 (1.82%) NIST
5 6 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.56%) QA
6 4 (1.04%) GRC
6 4 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 4 (1.04%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.04%) NCSC
6 4 (1.04%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.52%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.26%) GxP
8 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 103 (26.82%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.39%) Docker
4 13 (3.39%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.56%) vSphere
6 5 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 56 (14.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.86%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.60%) SCCM
4 8 (2.08%) Terraform
5 6 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.56%) Ansible
6 4 (1.04%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.52%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.26%) Grafana
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 235 (61.20%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.81%) VMware
3 24 (6.25%) ForeScout
4 18 (4.69%) SAP
5 17 (4.43%) Cisco
6 15 (3.91%) Fortinet
6 15 (3.91%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.13%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.86%) Workday
9 10 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.08%) Apple
11 7 (1.82%) Google
11 7 (1.82%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.56%) Aruba
12 6 (1.56%) Databricks
12 6 (1.56%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.56%) Veeam
13 5 (1.30%) Dell
13 5 (1.30%) HP
13 5 (1.30%) Remedy